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Application filed June 23, 1922. Serial No. 570,.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES N. WADE, a citizen of the United States,residin at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and tate of New-Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transfer PrintingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a machine for printing tickets and is intended moreparticularly for use .upon street cars for printing transfers, althoughit is adapted for use in other places, as for printing tickets ofadmission to places of amusement, soda water checks, and similar slips.The invention has for its object the provision of a compactly arrangedmechanism by the use of which indicia may be printed upon paper fed froma roll and the printed portion severed for delivery to the passenger orcustomer. A

I further object of the invention is to provide means whereby certainindicia to appear upon the ticket may be changed at will so as toproperly denote the date and time of issue, the perlod in which theticket will be valid, and the direction of-travel in which it will beacceptable as well as other data required in the operation of railways.further object of the invention is to provide a mechanism which may beoperated from either side of the machine and which can only be operatedin the proper direction. Other incidental objects of the invention willappear in the course of the following description.

One embodiment of the inventionis illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in

'which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ticket-printingmachine;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the casing removed;

Fig. 3' is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the opposite side of themechanism;

Fig. 4: is a central longitudinal section; Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view;Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the printing devices and the means foroperating the same;-

Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line 77 of Fig. 4.;

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the ribbon-feeding mechanism;

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of the means for reversing theribbon feed;

Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of the counter-operating mechanism;

Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of the permanent printing plateviewedfrom the upper side;

Fig. 12 is a detail section showing the means for locking the handleagainst accidental movement;

Fig. 13 is a detail section of a locking pin employed in certain partsof the mech-. anism;

Fig. 14 is a detail perspective view showing the manner of securing themovable knife;

Fig. 15 is a plan view of a. transfer ticket which may be issued by themachine.

The mechanism of my invention is housed within a casing 1 suitablyshaped to'enclose all the working parts except the operating handle 2and equipped at one end with a delivery opening 3 through which theprinted ticket is issued. The casing is preferably constructed in twomembers, the upper member being locked to the lower member so as toprevent unauthorized access to the A known construction. The top of thecasing is provided with a sight opening 5. topermit reading of thecounter so that the number of transfers issued may be noted at an timeand it is also provided in its top with a plurality of longitudinalslots 6 through which the setting lovers 7 project, indicat ing plates 8being secured upon the top of the casing adjacent the several slots andbearing indicia corresponding to the matter controlled by the leversextending through the respective slots.

Within the casing is disposed a supporting frame comprising a lowerportion 10 which is equipped with attaching plates or feet 11 whereby itmay be rigidly secured to the bottom of the casing and an upper portion12 which is connected with the lowerportion at one side by a hinge 13whereby the upper portion of the frame and the mechanism carriedtherebymay be swung over to the side-of the lower portion to facilitatethe placing of theend of a paper web in the printing position and alsoto facilitate the renewing of the printing ribbon and permit examinationof the printin surfaces. Projecting from one end of the ower portion 10of "w: are a 1d b$e tween the free ends of which is mounted the paperweb 15, the said web being carried by a spindle 16 rotatably mounted inthe ends of the said arms and held against accidental withdrawal by alatch 17 pivotally mounted upon one of the arms and held in engagementwith an annular groove in the adjacent end of the spindle by a spring 18in an obvious manner. Standards 19 are secured to and rise from the arms14 and a counter 20 is carried by the upper ends of the said standards,this counter being oi a well-known type and purchased by me in the openmarket. The counter is actuated by a step by step ratchet-feedingmechanism mounted upon a counting shaft extending through the countingmechanism and equipped at one end with a crank arm 21 to which ispivoted the upper end of a connecting rod 22, the lower end of saidconnecting rod being pivoted to the rear end of an operating lever 23which is pivotally mounted intermediate its'ends upon the frame and hasits forward end resting upon a tappet 24 secured to the main operatingshaft 25 which is journaled H1 and extends transversely through theframe 10. The said operating shaft 25 is of sufficient length to projectbeyond the frame at both sides thereoi and extend through the sides ofthe casing, and its-extremities are anular in cross section, as clearlyshown in i igs. 2 and 3, so that either extremity may he engaged by theoperating handle 2 to permit the operation of the machine from eitherside. It will he readily understood that each rotation of the main shaft25 will cause the tappet 2t to rock the lever 23 once and will thereloyactuate the counter so that an accurate-count of the number ofrevolutions of the shaft will be made, the total result being readablethrough the sight opening 5 in the casing, As a transfer is printed ateach revolution of the main shaft, it is ohvious that the conductor orother ofticial will he informed at all times of the number of transfersor tickets which have been printed.

The paper web is fed from the roll over a bed plate or platen 26disposed longitudinall within the lower frame 10 and adjacent the upperedge thereof, the said hed plate or platen being of such dimensions thatit will. lit closely hetween the sides of the l0 and heing equipped onits edges near its ends with studs 2? playing in grnoyes 23 in the sidesof the name so that the he guided vertically in its movements The latenrests upon tappets or 29 whic are carried by a trans vel' shaft 30 andhy main. driving shaft respectively, meet in the if 10 at such pointsVanllfllllll7 below the opposite end portions oi. the platen and thetappets or cranks so disposed that they will always be in parallelismand will thereby act upon the platen simultaneously so that it will besupported in a horizontal plane at all times. Rollers 31 are fitted inthe ends of the tappets to reduce the frictional wear between the sameand the platen. At the side of the frame remote from the tappet 2d andthe rocking lever 23, the main shaft is equipped with a gear 32, and thetransverse shaft is equipped with a like gear 33, these gears meshingwith an idler 34 disposed between them and carried by a shaft 35 whichis also journaled in the sides of the frame 10 and is equipped at itscenter with a crank or tappet 36, the purpose of which will presentlyappear. It will noW be understood that, when the main shaft 25 isrotated, the shaft 30 will be rotated in unison therewith and thetappets or cranks 29 caused to describe a complete revolution andthereby raise the platen 26 so as to carry the paper resting thereonagainst the printing faces, the platen being held to the tappets andcaused to descend as the tappets move downwardly by a spring 37 securedat one end to a pin or rod 38 within the frame 10 and at its upper endto a pin or stud 39 rigid with the platen and depending therefrom. Afeed roller 40 is mounted between the sides of l the frame 10, adjacentthe front end of the platen, and bears against the under side of thepaper, as clearly shown in Fig. This teed roller may he of anywell-known form and is equipped at its ends with trunnions fitted in thesides of the frame 10, the trunnion at that side of the frame carryingcounter-actuating lever 23 being equipped with a pinion 41 which is attimes actuated by a mutilated gear 42 secured upon the main. drivingshaft 25, as shown in Fig. 3. The parts are so timed that during theprinting period, the iced roller will be at rest, but after the tickethas been printed, the

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teeth of the gear 42 will mesh with the teeth of the pinion l1 and willactuate the same so that the printed portion of the paper will be fedthrough the machine and its end projected through the delivery opening 3in the casing. A small pressure roller 43 is mounted in the frameimmediately over the feed roller 40 and bears upon the paper tocooperate with the feeding roller in effecting movement of the paperover the platen in an obvious manner. At the rear end of the machine, asmall guide roller id is pro vided above the path of the paper so that,as the diameter of the roll of paper decreases, the paper will he heldto a horizontal plane as it assumes a position over the platen and willhe prevented from rulohing against the printing rihhon.

Below the roller and the shafts 30 and 35, it provide .a rocker'4l5consisti J Elli rocker shaft 46 journaled in the sides of the frame 10,the inner or rear end of the rocker being disposed in the path of thetappet or crank 36 and being held to said tappet by a spring 47 which issecured at its lower end to a cross rod 48 which also constitutes abrace for the frame, and at its upper end thesaid spring is attached tothe front end of the rocker. The front end of the rocker is constructedwith lugs 49 projecting through openings 50 in the lower portion of themovable knife 51 so that as the rocker is actuated the knife will becaused toreciprocate. The knife is obviously capable of a limitedrocking movement relative to the rocker and it is held to the end of therocker by a retaining spring 52 of the form shown clearly in Fig. 4. Thesaid spring consists of a resilient plate secured at one end to theunderside of the rocker, thence extending downwardly and forwardly underthe lower end of the knife and then upwardly in front of the knife toconstitute a bracing finger 53 bearing against the front side of theknife near the upper cutting edge thereof. This knife cooperates with asimilar stationary knife 54 which is secured rigidly upon the end of theframe 16, and a small guide rod 55 is preferably disposed below thestationary knife so as to prevent dropping of the end of the paper aftera printed ticket has been severed therefrom.

The several printing instrumentalities are mounted in and'carried by theupper frame 12 which also carries the printing ribbon 56. This printingribbon is carried by spools 57 rotatably mounted at the ends of theframe and retarded in their movements by presser springs 58 which aresecured to the ends of the frame and bear upon the ends of the spools,as shown and as will be readily understood. The ends of the ribbon aresecured to the hubs of the spools and the ribbon is Wound upon one spooland simultaneously unwound from the other spool in the operation of themachine; its intermediate portion being passed under small transverseguide rods 59 at the ends of the frame so that the ribbon will beparallel to the platen and the paper resting thereon. As shown mostclearly in Fig.

8, each ribbon spool is equipped at one end with aratchet disc 60 andadjacent each ratchet disc is a feeding pawl 61 which is adapted toengage and actuate the respective ratchet. Each pawl 61 is pivotallymounted upon a supporting arm 62 arranged adjacent the respective ribbonspool and having its end encircling the spindle of the spool. One end ofthe supporting arm 62 extends upwardly and the said upwardly extendingportions are connected by a strap or bar 63 disposed adjacent the sideof the frame 12, the two arms 62 and the connect ingbar or strap 63constituting a feeding frame which is actuated by a rocking lever 64fulcrumed upon the side of the frame 12 and constructed at its lower endwith a yoke or stirrup 65 within which is disposed an eccentric 66carried by the shaft 35 at the outer side of the idler gear 34. Theupper end of the rocking lever 64 is provided with a longitudinallyextending slot 67 in which is engaged a pin or stud 68 on the innersideof the connecting bar 63. It will be readily seen that the rotationof the shaft 35 and the eccentric 66 carried thereby will effectoscillation of the lever 64 through the engagement of the eccentric withthe inner sides of the yoke 65 and the upper end of the lever will, ofcourse, be thereby actuated so that through its pin and slot engagementwith the bar 63 said bar will be shifted endwise and the arms 62 causedto rock about the spindles'of the ribbon spools as their respectivecenters. Slidably mounted upon the bar 63 and held thereto by pins orstuds 68 passing through longitudinal slots 69. is a shifter bar 70, thelength of which is less than that of the bar 63 so that the shifter barcannot be in contact with both pawls 61 at the same time. When the endof the shifter bar 70 bears against the upper end of the adjacent pawl61, the said pawl 61 will be held out of engagement .with' theadacentratchet 60 and, consequently, will be inoperative but'the pawl at theopposite end will, therefore, partly rotate the ratchet and the ribbonspool spindle to which it is secured so as to effect feeding of theribbon. To maintain the shifting bar in a set position, a dog 72 issecured upon the shifter bar and consists of-a leaf spring having itsfree end properly shaped to engage one of the recesses or notches 73 inthe upper edge of the bar 63. The engagement of the dog with a recess 73prevents movement of the shifter bar independently of the feed bar untilsuch time as the shifter bar is independently actuated by the reversingmechanism. A reversing bar 74 is arranged parallel with and below theshifting bar 7 0 and is attached thereto by a lip or lug 75 disposedagainst the outer side of the shifter bar and havingfastening screws 76inserted therethrough into the shifting bar, as will be readilyunderstood. At or adjacent the ends of the reversing bar 74, are pinsor.

mounted upon the side of the frame 12 adjacent the ribbon spools and onelever extends outwardly under the end of the adjacent spool and at itsextremity is provided with a presser plate or finger 81 projecting underthe spool and adapted to bear against the ribbon wound thereon. Thereversing lever, at the opposite e Id. of the machine, is provided atits outer end with an upstanding branch 82 from which a presser plate orfinger 83 projects over the adjacent spool to bear upon the ribbon woundthereon. When the ribbon starts to wind upon either spool, the adjacentpresser plate or linger will be out of contact with the ribbon. As thewinding of the ribbon continues. however, and the diameter of the woundportion increases, the ribbon will eventually be brought to bear uponthe adjacent presser plate or finger and when the diameter of the woundribbon reaches a predetermined length, the pressure exerted by theribbon upon the adjacent presser finger or plate will move the sameoutwardly from the spindle of the ribbon spool and will thereby rock thereversing lever so that the end of the slot or notch 78 engaging thestud 77 will exert a pull upon the reversing bar M which will move theshifting bar endwise and thereby discontinue the contact between one endof said shifting bar and the adjacent pawl and cause the opposite end ofsaid bar to bear upon the pawlrespectively adjacent to it so that thedirection in which the ribbon will feed will be automatically reversed.While the springs 58 will prevent excessively rapid rotation of theribbon spools and will therebytend to hold the ribbon taut at all times,it provide additional means to attain this end in a coiled spring 84extending between the projecting ends of the ribbon spool spindles andhaving its ends attached to collars 85 fitted upon the ends of theribbon spool spindles and held frictionally thereto. I thus eilectuallyprevent slipping of the rib bon during the feeding operation.

Secured to the lower edges of the upper frame 12 isa plate 86 providedwith transverse slots or openings 87 therethrough to accommodateprinting faces which are in tended to print through the ribbon onto thepaper when the platen is'raised. Certain type faces are formed on orsecured rigidly to the under side of this plate 80 as will be noted onreference to Fig. 8. Disposed longitudinally of the plate near one sideedge thereof is a printing bar or strip 88 having numbers formed thereonin proper success sion which are intended to print upon the ticket,shown at 89,the numerals 80 indicative of zones through which theissuing car may travel. Adjacent one end of the said her 88, anddisposed transversely of the plate 86, is a printing plate 01 which willprint the word Zone upon the ticket, as shown at 92. A. transverseprinting plate 98 is also carried by the under side of the plate 88 andthis printing plate 93 has formed thereon faces which will print n onthe transfer the number of the machme,

as indicated at 94 in Fig. 15. The name of the company controlling theservice, in-

dicated at 95, will be printed upon the ticket by a printing plate 96secured to the under side of the plate 88 between two. of the openings87 therein and at one end of the plate is secured a printing plate 97which will print the current year upon the ticket, as shown at 98.Mounted within the upper frame 12, adjacent one end thereof and arrangedto printupon the ticket at the top thereof, is a, numbering device 99which ma be of any detailed construction of any we l-known type. Theabbreviation No. is carried by a plate 100 secured at one end of thecasing for the numbering device and is adapted to register with the lineof numerals displayed at the bottom of the numbering machine by thedigit wheels therein. The actuatin means for the digit wheels arecontrolled by a fork 101 which is slid able in the end of the casing ofthe numbering machine and is pivoted at its upper end to a lever 102fulcrumed at its inner end upon a bracket 103 secured to the side or"the frame 12 and having its opposite end projecting through the oppositeside of the frame to bear upon the upper end of a push rod lOd disposedbetween the side of the frame and the.ribbon-feeding bar 88 and held tothe frame and guided in its movement by a keeper or sleeve105 secured onthe side of the frame. The lower end of this pusher or lifter 104.-nests upon and is supported by a rocking lever 106 which is fulcrumedupon the side of the frame 10 below the shaft 35 and has its oppositeend in contact with a cam 10? carried by the main driving shaft 25, assho clearly in Fig. 2. The numbering machineis held in position upon theplate 88 by a bracket 108 secured upon the plate and extending over thetop of the numbering device, as shown in Fig. 4. llt will be readilyunderstood that each revolution of the main driving shaft will cause thecam 10? to impart one rocking movement to the lever 108 and will liftthe member 104: so as to raise the lever 102 and thereby draw the yoke101. The upward movement of the said yoke will actuate the digit wheelsof the numbering machine so that the number to be printed thereby willbe advanced one unit.

Disposed between the numbering hine and the front end of the frame 12, aplurals ity of changeable printing devices are supported within the saidframe. Each of these printing devices comprises a drum 100 havingprinting strips 110 secured about its llli peripheral surface, and eachdrum is loosely mounted upon a shaft or rod 111 carried by the sides ofthe. frame. To one end of each drum is secured a gear 112 and this gearis in mesh with a segment or rack 113 on the lower end of a settinglever 7 which is fulcrumed upon a shaft or rod 114 mounted in the upperportions of the side bars of the frame 12. It will be readily understoodthat by rocking any lever 7, thesegment or rack 113 at the lower endthereof, meshing with the gear 112, will effect rotation of the adjacentprinting drum so that any desired type face or printing strip on saiddrum maybe brought to the lowest point of the drum which is the printingpoint. As shown in Fig. 4, the type face on the drum which is to printwill be disposed within one of the openings 87 in the plate 86 and thetype face will project through the opening so as to lie in the sameplane as the several type faces carried by the plate 86. The severalsetting levers 7 work alongside arcuate looking bars 115 which arefixedly mounted upon the frame 12 and in which are formed openings orsockets 116 adapted to be enga ed y locking pins or plungers 117 slidaby fitted in tubular casings 118 carried by the upper free ends of thesetting levers. The locking pins or plungers are each formed with a head119 having a slightly convex under surface and a spring 120 housedwithin the tubular casing 118 bears upon the plunger or locking pin tohold it to the locking bar 115 so that the pin or plunger may ride overthe bar readily but will e instantly projected into a socket 116. withwhich it may register. The plunger or pin, of course, yieldably engagesthe socket so that a slight manual force exerted upon the setting leverwill carry the same to the desired int, but when the moving force isrelease from the lever, the pin will engage the socket with sufficientstrength to effectually hold the lever against accidental displacementand the printing drum will thus be held in the position in which it maybe set. "The several changeable printing devices are alikeinconstructionand arrangement so that the description just given applifi ually' toall, the only difference between t e several'devices being in theinatter printed by the respective type faces.

the offset portions of some of the levers in The setting levers areoffset intermediate their ends, as shown at 121,.so as to accommodatethe levers to the locking bars and permit the shifting gears to bebrought within a small compass as well as to avoid interference betweenthe levers of one series and-those of another series. .As the severalgears 113 are thus brought close together,

extreme positions will tend. to bear upon the straight edges of adjacentgears and teascommodate this position some of the gears/ of a spring 128carrie as shown clearly areprovided with notches 122 in their u peredges injwhich the offset portions 0 the levers may be received in thesaid extreme positions. One ofthe printing drums carries type faceswhich b their contact with the printing ribbon wil print upon the paperthe hour of issue of the transfer, while an adjacent drum will print theminutes of the issue so that the exact time when the transfer was givento the passenger will be displayed thereon. 'Another printing drum isadapted to place upon the ticket the designations A. M.,-P. M., Noon orNight. The day of the week, the month, and the day of the month are alsodisplayed upon the printed ticket and to avoid the necessity ofemploying a drum of unwieldy size for printing the days of the month, Iprefer to employ two drums, one'of which will rint the first fifteendays and the other of w ich will print'the remainin days of the month.One drum will print low the words Zone upon the ticket, the number ofthe zone in which the ticket is issued, and, where the zone system isnow used, the ticket is delivered to the passenger when he enters thecar, and, when he leaves, the marginal number indicating the zone inwhich he leaves will be punched by the conductor, the ticket being thenretained by the conductor for use in his accounting to the company. Oneof the printing drums will print the word Change. upon the ticket whileanother will print the direction in which the transfer may be used.

To retain the upper and lower frames in their proper assembled relationand prevent the upper frame swinging about the hinge 13, looking bolts123 are inserted through the lower frame and throu h projections 124 onthe upper frame. W en the upper frame is to be swung over upon the lowerframe so as to permit the insertion of a new web of paper or thechanging of new ribbon, these locking bolts are withdrawn as is obvious.

As previously stated, the machine ma be operated from either side andthe ban e 2 is, therefore, removable and may be fitted to either endfofthe main driving shaft 25.. Upon the casing, I provide a stop latch 125whichmay conveniently bean arm pivoted upon a suitable lug on the innerside of the casing and having a tooth 126 projecting through a suitableopening in the-.casi" below the end of the drivin shaft. Api fi button127 projects from t e latch through hand of the operator upon the buttonwill" against the tension by the casing and bearing against the free endof the latch, in Fig-12. The spring holds the tooth 126 inthe path ofthe handle force the latch inwardly revises 2 so that, if a singleticket is to be printed, the handle will be permitted to make only onerevolution. tickets are to be issued, the conductor will press upon thebutton 127 until the handle has cleared the tooth 126 so that a secondrevolution may be made. A similar latch 129 is provided and, as shownclearly in Fig. 12, this latch is spaced from the latch 125 a distanceapproximately equal to the thickness or widthof the handle 2. When thehandle is at rest, its opposite edges will be engaged by the latches sothat accidental movement of the handle'will be prevented. Moreover, thelatch 129 will positively prevent reverse rotation of the handle anddisarrangement of the operating mechanism will be thereby avoided. Thefront edge of the latch 129 is tapered, as shown at 130, so that, whenthe handle is rotated in the proper direction to print a ticket as itcompletes its revolution, it will ride upon the said tapered portion andforce the latch in wardly against the tension of the spring 131 so thatit ma be brought to rest in its initial position against the tooth 126.

In the use of the device, the printing drums are set to print thedesired data and the position of the drums will be, of course,determined by the position of the setting levers relative to therespectively adjacent display or indicator plates 8 upon the casing. Thecrank 2 isthen given one complete rotation and this rotation will effectfeeding of the aper through the machine, the severing of the printedticket and the feeding of the ribbon. The main driving shaft and theshaft 20 will be rotated in unison by the gearing shown and describedand the platen will be thereby lifted so as to carry the paper againstthe ribbon and press both the paper and the ribbon against the typefaces above the ribbon. The platen is then lowered and as it recedesfrom the ribbon and the printing faces,'the rinted portion of the paperis fed over t e platen and between the knives and to and through thedelivery opening 3 in the casing, the printed slip being severed by therising knife 51 just before the parts return to their initial position.The operation may be repeated as rapidly as may be needed and as oftenas may be needed as lo as a supply of paper remains.

l aving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination of a platen, means for printing upon a paper stripresting on the platen, a stationary knife disposed adjacent one end ofthe platen, means for feeding the 1piper strip over the platen and pastsaid ife, a rocker disposed below the platen, a movable knife looselyfitted upon and carried by one end of said rocker and arranged tocooperate with the stationary knife," a resilient holding member securedto the When, I however, several.

rocker and bearing yieldably upon the outer face of the movableknife,'and means for actuating said rocker.

2. The combination of a platen, means for printing upon a paper stripresting on the platen, a stationary knife disposed adjacent one end ofthe platen, means for feeding the paper strip over the platen and pastsaid knife, a rocker arranged below the platen, a movable knife looselyfitted upon one end of said rocker and cooperating with the stationaryknife to sever a printed portion of the paper strip, a transverse shaftbetween the platen and theinner end of the rocker, a tappet on saidshaft bearing upon the inner end of the rocker, and a retractile springacting upon the outer end of the rocker.

3. The combination of a supporting frame provided with vertical groovesin its inner sides at its upper end, a platen disposed between the sidesof the frame and provided with studs engaging said grooves,.means forfeeding a paper str1p over said platen, printing members disposed abovethe platen, a pin depending from the platen, a spring secured to saidpin and acting thereon to hold the platen normally lowered, operatingshafts disposed'below the platen, tappets on said shafts provided attheir free ends with rollers adapted to bear against the under side ofthe platen, and means for actuating said shafts whereby to movethe'platen and the paper strip restingthereon to the printing members.

4. The combination of a platen, printing members disposed above theplaten, means for feeding a paper strip over the platen, means forraising and lowering the platen whereby to carry the said paper strip toand from the printing members, a counting device, a rocking leverpivoted between its ends upon the frame and connected at one end withthe counting device, a driving shaft controlling the movement of theplaten and of the paper strip, and a tappet upon said shaft arranged tobear against the free end of said rocking lever whereby the countingdevice will be actuated at each movement of the platen.

5. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a supporting frame,a platen mounted in said frame, printing drums disposed within the frameabove the platen, a printing ribbon arranged between the printing drumsand the platen, means for feed ing a paper strip over the platen, meansfor moving the platen to and from the printing drums, guiding andholding arms upon the upper portion of the frame provided with socketstherein, setting levers mounted on the upper portion of the frameadjacent the respective guiding and holding arms, gearing connectingsaid levers with the respective printing drums, and plungers carried bythe said levers and yieldably engaging Git the sockets in therespectively adjacent guiding and holding arms.

, 6. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a supportingframe, a platen mounted in the lower portion of the frame, printingmembers disposed above the platen, one of said members constituting anumbering device and including changeable type faces and a fixed typeface, a setting element for the movable type faces of the-numberingdevice slidably mounted at the 'end of said movable type faces, a leverpivotally mounted-upon the frame above the numbering device and pivotedintermediate its ends to the upper end of said setting element, a pusherslidably mounted upon the frame and bearing against the under side ofthe said lever'at the free end thereof, a driving shaft mounted in theframe below the platen, a cam on said driving shaft, a rocker mountedupon the frame below the shaft and having one end in engagement withsaid cam and at its opposite end in engagement with the lower end ofsaid pusher, means for feeding a paper stri over the platen, and meansdriven by sai shaft for moving the platen and the paper strip thereon tothe printing members.

7. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a frame comprising alower member, an upper member resting on the lower member of the frame,printing members carried by the upper member of the frame, a rintingribbon carriedby the upper mem r of the frame and extending under theprinting members, and means housed within the lower portion of the framefor feeding a paper strip over the platen and for moving the platen withthe strip thereon toward and from the printing members.

8. The combination of a casing, a frame secured within the casing, aplaten mounted within the frame, printing members mounted within theframe over the platen, a driving shaft extending transversely throughthe frame and having its ends projecting through the opposite] sides ofthe casing, means actuated by said shaft for feeding, a paper strip overthe platen and for moving the platen toward and from the printingmembers, a handle to be removably engaged upon either end of the drivingshaft, springpressed latches mounted withinv the casing and projectingthrough the same to engage opposite edges of the handle, and means on'one of said latches operable from the exterior of the casing to releasethe same from the handle, the other of said latches having its edgeremote from the first-mentioned latch tapered.

9. In aiticket-printing machine, the combination of a platen, printingmembers disposed above the platen, ribbon-carrying spools mounted at theends of the printing said spindles adjacent said ratchets, pawls carriedupon said feeding bar and adapted to engage the respectively adjacentratchets, a

driving shaft, means controlled by said driving shaft formoving theplaten toward and from the printing members and for feeding a paperstrip over the platen, an eccentric driven by said shaft, a leveroperatively connected at'its upper end with the feeding bar and providedat its lower end with a yoke engaging said eccentric, and means mountedon the feeding bar for selectively holding one of said pawlsinoperative.

10. In a ticket-printing machine, the com-' bination of a platen, 'aprinting mechanism arranged above the platen, spools disposed at theends of the printing mechanism, a printing ribbon carried by said spoolsand extending between the printing mechanism and the platen, ratchets atthe ends of the said spools, a feeding bar having its ends looselymounted concentric with said ratchets, pawls carried by the ends of saidfeeding bar and adapted to engage the respectively adjacent ratchets,means for. selectively holding one of the pawls inoperative, and meanscontrolledb the wound portion of the ribbon for shifting thelast-mentioned means whereby to reverse the direction of feed of theribbon.

11. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a platen, aprinting mechanism disposed above the platen, spools-mounted at the endsof the printing mechanism, a printing ribbon carried by said spools andpassing below the printing mechanism,

ratchet discs at the ends of the spools, a feeding frame having its endsmounted concentric with said ratchet discs, pawls mounted on the ends ofsaid frame and adapted to engage the respectively adjacent ratchetdiscs, means for reciprocating the feeding frame whereby tocause eitherpawl to operate the adjacent ratchet, a shifting bar slidably mountedupon the feeding frame and having its ends arranged to selectively abutthe free ends of: the ratchets, yieldable connections.

between the ends of the said shifting bar and the ends of therespectively adjacent pawls,

means for shifting said her, anda dog carri'ed by 'said jshifting barand adapted to engage the feeding frame-whereby to hold the ghifting barin a set position relative to the rame.

the ends of the printing mechanism, a ribhon carried by said s ools andextending under the printing mec anism ratchet discs at the ends of thespools, a feeding framehaving its ends concentric with said ratchetdiscs, pawls carried by the ends of the feeding frame and adapted toengage the respectively adjacent ratchet, means for reciproeating saidfeeding frame, a shifting bar slidably mounted upon the feeding rameand'adapted to selectively hold one of the pawls inoperative, aconnecting rod fixed to said shifting bar, angle levers fulcrumed belowsaid connecting rod and provided with slots in their ends adjacent saidconnecting rod, studs carried by the saidconnecting rod and engagingsaid slots, and presser fingers carried by the said angle levers andarranged adjacent the spools, one of said presser fingers extending overthe respectlvely adjacent spool and' the other of said fingers extendingalong the respectively adjacent spool whereby as the ribbon is Woundupon either spool it will bear upon the adjacent finger and actuate theshiftin bar to efifect reversal of the feed of the rib on.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signatare,

CHARLES N. WADE. [n a]

